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Future animal
Long leg pig (Sus scrofa longus crur) and also known as the “Speedy pig” They are in the Suidae (pig) group. They started to domesticate after 250 million years. It weighs approximately 85kg-100kg and is around 150cm -160cm long. The Long leg pig is a lot larger than the average sized domestic pig but lighter in weight. The female ones are usually pink in color and the male ones are brownish pink. They have a much longer leg, longer body length, sharper teeth, big nose and thick skin.
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Suidae
Genus
Sus
Species
S.scrofa
Subspecies
S.s. longus. Crur
Diagram
Picture of a Long leg pig: Source : via drawing
Habitat
Habitat 1 : 250 million later : Australia- Source: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://im
The ancestors of the long leg pig are all big and fat. However, unlike the ancestors, the long leg pigs are muscular and fast. This map shows the prediction of how earth is going to be 250 years later. Due to the fact that Eurasia and Africa are collapsing together many long leg pig has been killed by all those creatures like the Siberian tigers that have moved from Africa. The Siberian tiger has the quickness of a leopard and the strength of a gorilla. Yet, not all the Long leg pigs have been slaughtered and extinct. The strong ones and quick ones have now landed in Australia.
Unfortunately, after landing in Australia, the only problem was not the Siberian tiger but the problems of environmental issues like greenhouse effect and global warming took place. After all those environmental issues, the long leg pig was able to adapt to the new environment which is always 40 degrees Celsius. They will usually find a new environment like the swamps to keep themselves safe and to breed. In swamps they would find their long lost ancestor like the hippopotamus or other omnivores.
However, sometimes dangerous creatures appear to hunt for food.
Therefore, the pigs will dig a hole and hide in there until the hunting is finished. The Long leg pig can smell the creatures from 100 miles distance. So, the long leg pigs stay in the hole while in danger.
The long leg pigs just like its ancestor domestic pig they have to stay an environment which is dry and not too cold. Therefore their habitat always seems to be the swamp, which is a very good place for them to be because their habit of going in the mud can keep them dry and refreshing.
The long leg pigs always change destinations. Although they are weaker than other animals, they can still enhance super speed with their long legs. Although they change their territories, they will still go somewhere muddy and cool and they would always bring their groups of long leg pigs together.
In conclusion, long leg pigs are animals that can enhance high speed and travel to lots of different places. However, the fact that it has to stay dry hasn’t changed much since the last ancestor domestic pig.
Structural adaptations 1
Long legs
Long legs: SOurce- http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://
The long leg rabbits, they are a land animal who are agile and has developed strong thigh muscles. They have the great speed to run from preys that are dangerous. They can also dig holes that are huge for them to just get in. Their front 2 legs are not for stepping on the ground, just like the kangaroos. However, the 2 back legs are for running and digging. They don’t jump but literally run like human being. These two leg evolution have been super beneficial for the long leg pigs because it allowed them to survive from extinction. They are also a warm blooded animals therefore their legs and stamina allows them to travel a long distance.
The environmental pressure which could have caused them to have long legs could have been running away from dangerous predators or through their digging of holes to protect themselves.
Unlike the ancestor “Domestic pig”, the long leg pig has much of a rough and tough skin. Their skin is like a metal and it’s not easily bitten. Usually the long leg pig would tackle a tree and let the fruits fall. They are never affected by insects, or any other small animals like Tomarctus. They are usually coated really well so they don’t really feel the surface. This tough coating feature for the long leg pig is very helpful for them because they are not easily attacked or killed.
The environment pressure that would have caused this coating could have been the fact that they have been travelling for a long time, and also could have been the fact that how it went through global warming which brings some differences to the body.
Behavioral adaptations 1
Smelling the ground after the predator has gone away
The long leg pig has a very unique behavior. It will always smell the ground once a dangerous predator has left, it is because they want keep a memory of which predator it was. So that they will what is coming when. After they have smelt it, they will change their location to other swamps because they will find it insecure. They will usually run in full speed with their long legs. This habit is very effective for these Long leg pigs because they are trying to keep themselves safe and to not make the same mistake again. Therefore, this habit decreases the extinction of Long leg pigs.
The extinction pressure that might have occurred was the safety that they always hoped because they were always getting chased by dangerous predators, and the other reason might be that they were always going through global warming.
Behavioral adaptations 2
Digging a hole to prepare for winter
Just before winter, the long leg pig will find a safe place and dig a hole to stay for the entire winter. They would collect lots of vegetation and some predators they have caught. By this they are able to keep themselves warm and safe. During winter more predators come searching for food because more animals are disappearing through the holes, even including the species like domestic rabbit. Its supporting them with heat.
Some obvious environmental pressures that occurred were that they had to protect themselves from the cold and to be safe from the dangerous predators.
Physiological adaptations
Sweating
Unlike the domestic pigs, the long leg pig has a sweat gland, which allows them to cool down when they sweat. Therefore they do not have to get in the mud that often to refresh themselves or cooling themselves down. This evolvement is a great thing for the long leg pigs because they have more varieties of habitats they can choose from. In the past, the ancient animal domestic pigs have been living through near the mud in the swamps. However, long leg pigs can choose to live around their or not. They can just live close by or come back every time they really need mud to cool themselves down.
The environmental pressure is very obvious, it has evolved because of the environmental issue like global warming which leaded to weather being too hot.
Long leg pig (Sus scrofa longus crur) and also known as the “Speedy pig” They are in the Suidae (pig) group. They started to domesticate after 250 million years. It weighs approximately 85kg-100kg and is around 150cm -160cm long. The Long leg pig is a lot larger than the average sized domestic pig but lighter in weight. The female ones are usually pink in color and the male ones are brownish pink. They have a much longer leg, longer body length, sharper teeth, big nose and thick skin.
Taxonomy
Diagram
Habitat
The ancestors of the long leg pig are all big and fat. However, unlike the ancestors, the long leg pigs are muscular and fast. This map shows the prediction of how earth is going to be 250 years later. Due to the fact that Eurasia and Africa are collapsing together many long leg pig has been killed by all those creatures like the Siberian tigers that have moved from Africa. The Siberian tiger has the quickness of a leopard and the strength of a gorilla. Yet, not all the Long leg pigs have been slaughtered and extinct. The strong ones and quick ones have now landed in Australia.
Unfortunately, after landing in Australia, the only problem was not the Siberian tiger but the problems of environmental issues like greenhouse effect and global warming took place. After all those environmental issues, the long leg pig was able to adapt to the new environment which is always 40 degrees Celsius. They will usually find a new environment like the swamps to keep themselves safe and to breed. In swamps they would find their long lost ancestor like the hippopotamus or other omnivores.
However, sometimes dangerous creatures appear to hunt for food.
Therefore, the pigs will dig a hole and hide in there until the hunting is finished. The Long leg pig can smell the creatures from 100 miles distance. So, the long leg pigs stay in the hole while in danger.
The long leg pigs just like its ancestor domestic pig they have to stay an environment which is dry and not too cold. Therefore their habitat always seems to be the swamp, which is a very good place for them to be because their habit of going in the mud can keep them dry and refreshing.
The long leg pigs always change destinations. Although they are weaker than other animals, they can still enhance super speed with their long legs. Although they change their territories, they will still go somewhere muddy and cool and they would always bring their groups of long leg pigs together.
In conclusion, long leg pigs are animals that can enhance high speed and travel to lots of different places. However, the fact that it has to stay dry hasn’t changed much since the last ancestor domestic pig.
Structural adaptations 1
Long legs
The long leg rabbits, they are a land animal who are agile and has developed strong thigh muscles. They have the great speed to run from preys that are dangerous. They can also dig holes that are huge for them to just get in. Their front 2 legs are not for stepping on the ground, just like the kangaroos. However, the 2 back legs are for running and digging. They don’t jump but literally run like human being. These two leg evolution have been super beneficial for the long leg pigs because it allowed them to survive from extinction. They are also a warm blooded animals therefore their legs and stamina allows them to travel a long distance.
The environmental pressure which could have caused them to have long legs could have been running away from dangerous predators or through their digging of holes to protect themselves.
Structural adaptations 2
Tough coating
Unlike the ancestor “Domestic pig”, the long leg pig has much of a rough and tough skin. Their skin is like a metal and it’s not easily bitten. Usually the long leg pig would tackle a tree and let the fruits fall. They are never affected by insects, or any other small animals like Tomarctus. They are usually coated really well so they don’t really feel the surface. This tough coating feature for the long leg pig is very helpful for them because they are not easily attacked or killed.
The environment pressure that would have caused this coating could have been the fact that they have been travelling for a long time, and also could have been the fact that how it went through global warming which brings some differences to the body.
Behavioral adaptations 1
Smelling the ground after the predator has gone away
The long leg pig has a very unique behavior. It will always smell the ground once a dangerous predator has left, it is because they want keep a memory of which predator it was. So that they will what is coming when. After they have smelt it, they will change their location to other swamps because they will find it insecure. They will usually run in full speed with their long legs. This habit is very effective for these Long leg pigs because they are trying to keep themselves safe and to not make the same mistake again. Therefore, this habit decreases the extinction of Long leg pigs.
The extinction pressure that might have occurred was the safety that they always hoped because they were always getting chased by dangerous predators, and the other reason might be that they were always going through global warming.
Behavioral adaptations 2
Digging a hole to prepare for winter
Just before winter, the long leg pig will find a safe place and dig a hole to stay for the entire winter. They would collect lots of vegetation and some predators they have caught. By this they are able to keep themselves warm and safe. During winter more predators come searching for food because more animals are disappearing through the holes, even including the species like domestic rabbit. Its supporting them with heat.
Some obvious environmental pressures that occurred were that they had to protect themselves from the cold and to be safe from the dangerous predators.
Physiological adaptations
Sweating
Unlike the domestic pigs, the long leg pig has a sweat gland, which allows them to cool down when they sweat. Therefore they do not have to get in the mud that often to refresh themselves or cooling themselves down. This evolvement is a great thing for the long leg pigs because they have more varieties of habitats they can choose from. In the past, the ancient animal domestic pigs have been living through near the mud in the swamps. However, long leg pigs can choose to live around their or not. They can just live close by or come back every time they really need mud to cool themselves down.
The environmental pressure is very obvious, it has evolved because of the environmental issue like global warming which leaded to weather being too hot.
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